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Melvin Gelman Library

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: In 2023 the source was changed from LCSH to Local when the term could not be found in LCSH

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Accession Log Vol. O-1 (105,001 - 110,000), August, 1947 - August, 1948

 File — Box 6: Series RG0119 Series 46 [Barcode: 32882022386778], Folder: 1
Identifier: RG0119 Series 46
Abstract This accession log records book accessions made by The George Washington University library between August 1, 1947 - August 17, 1948. Different than the older Dewey Accession Logs, this log is typewritten and includes details on 18,800 items acquired during that time. Details noted include the accessions' title, author, date acquired, volume number, cost, publication year, and source including various donors. Handwritten notations of withdrawal or discarding included on some items in the...
Dates: August, 1947 - August, 1948

Facilities Department records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG0063
Abstract

Collection includes blueprints of buildings (including Lisner Hall, Lisner Auditorium, Stockton Hall, Mitchell Hall, Bradley Hall, Dorothy Betts Theater, Gelman Library), campus plans, parking lots owned, expansion programs, and the facilities website. There are also images of projects from the Mount Vernon Campus.

Dates: 1904-2008

Friends of the Libraries records

 Collection
Identifier: RG0104
Abstract

Materials in this collection include publications, photographs, correspondence, meeting minutes, certificates, and brochures. They range in date from 1970 to 2002.

Dates: 1970-2002

Gelman Library Administration records

 Collection
Identifier: RG0119
Abstract

This collection contains the administrative records of Gelman Library. The materials include photographs, negatives, office records, building plans, posters, correspondence, and publications. They range in date from ca 1825-2005.

Dates: circa 1825-2005

Gelman Library Assistant University Librarian for Services records

 Collection
Identifier: RG0105
Abstract

Materials in this collection include promotional guides, brochures, correspondence, memos, forms, and files of the system implementation group (SIG). They range in date from 1983-1990.

Dates: 1980-1990

Gelman Library Associate University Librarian for Collections and Scholarly Communications records

 Collection
Identifier: RG0108
Abstract

Material in this collection dates between 1951 and 2010, and includes correspondence, budgets, reports, photographs, publications, office files, blueprints of Gelman Library, strategic planning notes, and a video cassette.

Dates: 1951-2010

Gelman Library Office of Student Employment records

 Collection
Identifier: RG0103
Abstract

Materials in this collection include wage-hour expenditures, allocations, employee lists, policies, brochures, reports, and correspondence. They range in date from 1964 to 1989.

Dates: 1964-1989

Gelman Library University Librarian records

 Collection
Identifier: RG0139
Abstract

This collection contains the records of the University Librarian for George Washington University. Materials in this collection include budgets, reports, and working files. They range in date from 1991 to 2008, with the bulk of the material dating between 1994 and 1995.

Dates: 1991-2008; Majority of material found within 1994 - 2008

Special Collections Department, Gelman Library records

 Collection
Identifier: RG0110
Abstract Special materials was always a part of the University's library collections; however, it was not until 1973, and the opening of the Gelman Library, that the University's special materials were housed together in proper storage and service areas. Materials in this collection include publications on the Elliott School of International Affairs, the symposium at GW on George Gamow, Baptist Church materials, bibliographies of faculty publications. and other exhibit materials including programs,...
Dates: 1819-2014

Urban and Regional Planning Department records

 Collection
Identifier: RG0101
Abstract

Collection includes original construction drawings for Gelman library and 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, student forms, handbook for preparing theses, syllabi, newsletters, departmental history, articles, community project files (Washington, D.C. and neighborhoods), and slides.

Dates: 1961-1993